"It is my sincere belief that systematics is one of the most important and indispensible, one of the most active and exciting, and one of the most rewarding branches of biological science. I know of no other subject that teaches us more about the world we live in." E. Mayr, 1969

"An acquaintance with fungi is in the highest degree necessary to man." C. Linnaeus, 1752

"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes." M. Proust